Worldwide Building & Structure Footprints API and MCP server

API access

Your AI client reaches Worldwide Building & Structure Footprints through one ParcelOps MCP endpoint, so there is no separate key to hold for it and no per-source client to write. Reaching it takes no credentials of your own.

What this source cannot tell you

• ⚠ Anything outside Worldwide where mapped. A request past that edge comes back empty rather than approximated.
• ⚠ Which years it spans, because the covered period is not declared.
• ⚠ Anything OpenStreetMap Overpass API does not publish. ParcelOps returns this source as it stands and never fills a blank field from a different one.
• ⚠ Community-mapped features are not legal parcel boundaries and do not establish title or ownership.

Methods (4)

A method is one call your agent can make against this source.

• searchBuildings

  read

  Search mapped buildings in a small WGS84 bbox; geocode address text before calling.

  What you must providebbox

  FreshnessNear real-time (source-level)
  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "bbox": {
        "type": "array",
        "description": "[minLongitude, minLatitude, maxLongitude, maxLatitude] in WGS84. At most 0.5 square degrees, and far smaller over a built-up area.",
        "minItems": 4,
        "maxItems": 4,
        "items": {
          "type": "number"
        }
      },
      "buildingType": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "limit": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1,
        "maximum": 1000
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "bbox"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false
  }

  Requires bbox. Resolve address text to WGS84 coordinates first.

• searchLandUse

  read

  Return mapped land-use polygons in a small WGS84 bounding box.

  What you must providebbox

  FreshnessNear real-time (source-level)
  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "bbox": {
        "type": "array",
        "description": "[minLongitude, minLatitude, maxLongitude, maxLatitude] in WGS84. At most 1 square degree.",
        "minItems": 4,
        "maxItems": 4,
        "items": {
          "type": "number"
        }
      },
      "landUse": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "limit": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1,
        "maximum": 1000
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "bbox"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false
  }

• searchAddresses

  read

  Return mapped address features in a small WGS84 bounding box.

  What you must providebbox

  FreshnessNear real-time (source-level)
  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "bbox": {
        "type": "array",
        "description": "[minLongitude, minLatitude, maxLongitude, maxLatitude] in WGS84. At most 0.5 square degrees, and far smaller over a built-up area.",
        "minItems": 4,
        "maxItems": 4,
        "items": {
          "type": "number"
        }
      },
      "street": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "limit": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1,
        "maximum": 1000
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "bbox"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false
  }

• getServiceInfo

  read

  Return source, coverage, limits, attribution, and legal-use notes.

  FreshnessNear real-time (source-level)
  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {},
    "required": [],
    "additionalProperties": false
  }

Where this source is used

• Land research

  Parcel records, ground conditions, and what reaches the property line, for raw and rural land.

• Commercial real estate

  Parcel and assessment records, building programs, and the entity on the other side of the deal.

• Residential real estate

  The parcel record, the housing programs that touch an address, and the conditions a buyer asks about.

• Realtors and brokerages

  The facts behind a listing, the programs a buyer may qualify for, and your own files in the same place.

• Can I research a property outside the United States?